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Mailoc or Maeloc was a 6th-century
bishop of
Britonia, a settlement founded by expatriate
Britons in
Galicia
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,
Spain.
[Koch, John T. (2006). "Britonia". In John T. Koch, ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia''. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, p. 291.] He represented his diocese, referred to as the ''Britonensis ecclesia'' or "Britonnic church", at the
Second Council of Braga in 572. Records of the council refer to his
see
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* ...
, the ''sedes Britonarum'' ("See of the Britons"), which may have been seated at the monastery of Saint Mary of Britonia.
Mailoc's name is clearly
Brythonic
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*Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain
*Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic
*Britons (Celtic people)
The Br ...
, deriving from the
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*''Maglācos'', thereby providing further evidence for the Britonnic presence in the area.
See also
*
Diocese of Ferrol-Mondoñedo
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
(Formerly known as: ''Dioecesis Britoniensis'').
Notes
References
*Koch, John T. (2006). ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia''. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
*Richards, Melville, "Mailoc", ''Habis'', III, 1972, p. 159.
*Tovar, António, "Un obispo con nombre británico y los orígenes de la diócesis de Mondoñedo", ''Habis'', III, 1972, pp. 155–158.
*Vives, J., ''Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos'', Madrid, 1963.
*Young, Simon, ''The Bishops of the early medieval diocese of Britonia'' (forthcoming).
*Young, Simon, "Note on Britones in Thirteenth-century Galicia", ''Studia Celtica'', XXXV (2001), pp. 361–2.
*Young, Simon, "The Forgotten Colony", ''History Today'', L, oct. 2000, pp. 5–6.
External links
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The Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis Province in the 21st Century (Alternatives: The Britonia Province)
6th-century Galician bishops
Sub-Roman Britons
6th-century English people
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